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Israel threatens to quit UN probe

ISRAEL threatened today to pull out of a UN inquiry into a deadly raid on a Turkish flotilla heading for Gaza, after the UN chief s...

North Korea fires artillery near disputed border

North Korea fired about 110 rounds of artillery Monday near its disputed sea border with South Korea, the South's military said, amid high ...

Police Station Attacked, Cars Torched in Brazil

he headquarters of the Sao Paulo state police's special operations unit was attacked, while at least 10 vehicles were torched in Sao Paulo,...

Bomb Thrown at U.S.-Mexico Border Bridge

MONTERREY, Mexico - Members of an organized crime group threw a bomb at one of the bridges connecting Nuevo Laredo, a city in the northeast...

Bomb found at MI6 spy agency

LONDON - Two men were being questioned Sunday after one parcel bomb was sent to the MI6 foreign intelligence agency and another was ...

Obama reiterates pledge to end Iraq combat mission by end of the month

US President Barack Obama said this morning he would keep his campaign promise to end the country's combat mission in Iraq by Augus...

Al-Qaida kills 6 Yemeni soldiers

l-Qaida militants ambushed a Yemeni army patrol killing six soldiers in the second major attack on local security forces in a ...

Russian jet crashes in eastern Siberia, killing 11

A RUSSIAN regional airliner crashed and exploded into a fireball while trying to land today in eastern Siberia, killing 11 of the 1...

Taliban seize district in northeastern Afghanistan

The Taliban have again taken control of a district in Nuristan in Afghanistan's northeast after laying siege to the region for nearl...

Gunmen attack hospital in Pakistan

AT LEAST two gunmen disguised in police uniforms attacked a hospital in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore late yesterday (local ...

Mexico: Prison guards let killers out, lent guns

Guards and officials at a prison in northern Mexico allegedly let inmates out, lent them guns and sent them off in official vehicles to car...

Sarkozy condemns killing of hostage Michel Germaneau

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has confirmed the death of a French hostage killed by suspected al-Qaeda milit...

Al-Qaeda boss in Afghanistan and his family killed - report

AL-QAEDA has announced the death of its top leader in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, the SITE group which monitors Islamist web...

One Aussie shot in deadly Israeli boat raid on Gaza Strip

NE Australian has been wounded during a deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip....

Taliban Leave Pakistan, but Afghans Repel Them

After five days of fighting, the Afghan border police, supported by American helicopters, repelled a force of Pakistani Taliban who appeare...

US army Muslims urged to 'kill comrades'

RADICAL Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi urged all Muslims serving in the US army to follow the example of Major Nidal Hasan who stand...

Masked gunmen torch UN camp in Gaza

MASKED gunmen have stormed a UN-run Gaza summer camp and set it on fire .threatening harsh measures against the Gaza director of UN...

Iraqi car bomb toll in Diyala rises to 30

The death toll from a car bomb which exploded at a market in Iraq's northern Diyala province, has risen to 30, ...

Insurgents attack NATO's southern Afghan base

The Taliban claimed responsibility Sunday for a nighttime assault on ...

US Secret Service agents sent to Australia ahead of President Barack Obama's visit

THE US Secret Service has sent agents to Australia to weed out threats against US President Barack Obama ahead of his June visit....

Teacher 'used Obama killing as geometry'

AN Alabama geometry teacher was investigated by the Secret Service after using a hypothetical assassination attempt on President Ba...

Thai govt says no peace talks unless protests end

THE Thai government rejected a proposal last night for peace talks with leaders of the Red Shirt protesters to end the deadly mayhe...

Blast bombs thrown at police in Northern Ireland

Northern Irish police were pelted with blast and petrol bombs on Monday, injuring six, and police announced they would retain a 225-person ...

Suicide attack on NATO convoy kills 18

A SUICIDE car bomber has attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul killing 18 people, including five US soldiers, a Canadian soldier and 12 c...

Times Square bomb suspect to face court

FAISAL Shahzad, the man accused of attempting to detonate a car bomb in New York City's Times Square, was expected to appear in Man...

Red Shirt demonstrators shot in Bangkok street clash

AUSSIES forced to seek cover as luxury Bangkok hotel comes under fire and our embassy is closed amid 33 deaths in 3 days. ...

Violence closes Australian embassy in Bangkok

AUSTRALIA'S embassy in Thailand has been closed to visitors from today, due to three days of violent clashes in Bangkok that have k...

Bomb scare empties New Zealand parliament

THE national parliament of New Zealand in Wellington has been evacuated following a suspicious package found in a fifth-floor offic...

US men on trial in Pakistan deny terrorism charges

The prosecution concluded its case Saturday against five Americans on trial in a Pakistani court facing life sentences after being charged ...

Mounting concern among Iraqis about more violence

Many Iraqis are increasingly uneasy that a wave of bombings and shootings may revive all-out sectarian warfare that ravaged the country sev...

Men Carrying Bomb Arrested Near Mexican Congress

wo men carrying a homemade bomb were arrested over the weekend near the San Lazaro Palace, the seat of Mexico's Congress, the Federal Distr...

Captured Somali pirates 'dead' - Russia

A GROUP of Somali pirates captured by the Russian navy in the Gulf of Aden and then set free in a boat are most probably dead after...

Clinton Pledges Long-term US Commitment to Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States will not abandon ...

Iraq On Alert After Attacks Kill More Than 100

Iraqi security forces are reported on increased alert following a series of bombs and other attacks that killed more than 100 people...

Serbia uncovers Kosovo Albanian mass grave

SERBIA has uncovered a mass grave believed to contain the bodies of some 250 ethnic Albanians killed during the 1998-1999 conflict ...

Rebels Blow Up Truck in India, Killing 8

Maoist rebels blew up an army truck on Saturday, killing eight paramilitary soldiers and wounding two others in a densely forested area in ...

Captured German tanker heads for Somalia: EU

A German-owned chemical tanker with an international crew of 22 appeared Sunday to be heading to Somalia, a day after its capture by pirate...

Blast hits Russia's largest coal mine, 12 dead

Rescue workers scrambled Sunday to save 83 people trapped in Russia's largest ...

Man kills eight in stabbing spree

A MAN stabbed to death eight people, including his wife, elderly mother and young daughter, in a village in southeastern China....

Suspected shoe bomber arrested at Karachi airport

PAKISTANI officers have arrested a man at Karachi airport after batteries and an electrical circuit were found in his shoes as he t...

BMW causes bomb scare outside Museum of Natural History in New York

A PROTOTYPE BMW caused a bomb scare on the Upper West Side of Manhattan yesterday morning (local time) after the driver covered the...

Police cameras to track licence plates, check for radiation in Manhattan to prevent attacks

NEW York officials say they could stop attacks like the attempted Times Square car bomb by expanding a controversial surveillance s...

Police detonate suspicious bag at Bush Airport in Houston

A REPORTED small explosion in a bag at Bush Intercontinental Airport led officers to detonate a piece of luggage, airport officials...

Three beheaded, including police officer, in south Mexico

POLICE in Mexico have found the headless bodies of a police officer, a hairdresser and a builder, in the latest suspected drug viol...

Following the Homeland Security Grant Money

Since 9-11, Congress has allocated roughly $30 billion to states in homeland security grants. Has the money been well spent? ...

Times Square bomb suspect charged

THE man accused of driving a bomb-laden car into New York City's Times Square was charged today with five counts, including attempt...

Protestors storm Acropolis over Greece spending cuts

DEMONSTRATORS stormed the Athens Acropolis overnight and thousands of civil servants launched a walkout ahead of a general strike a...

Venezuela's Santa Ana Prison riot leaves eight inmates dead

A RIOT at one of Venezuela's most violent prisons has left eight inmates dead and three injured. Venezuela's top p...

Two Bomb Blasts kill at Least 30 in Somalia

Two explosions inside of a crowded mosque in Mogadishu, Somalia have killed at least 30 people and wounded up to 70 others. No group...

Taiwan-China flight forced to land after bomb hoax

An airliner travelling from Taiwan to China made an emergency landing after a passenger jokingly claimed he ha...

T-shirt vendor saves New York from car bomb threat as NY police commissioner says there nothing to link Taliban to bomb attempt

NEW York Police say there's no evidence of a Taliban link to a failed bomb found in a smoking SUV parked in Times Square. ...

Bombs target buses of Christian students in Iraq

Two bombs exploded minutes apart Sunday near buses carrying Christian students in the northern Iraqi city of ...

Chavez denies elite Iranian forces in Venezuela

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Monday a US report was "absolutely false" that Iranian special forces had an increasing presence ...

NGO to Detachment 88: Try Harder Not to Kill Jihadi "Active Shooters"

Indonesia's Detachment 88, the archipelago's elite black-clad antiterrorism police unit, should look into developing procedures to capture ...

Study Finds Rise in Lone Wolf Terrorist Attacks Since Oklahoma City

Domestic terrorist attacks perpetrated by individuals, or lone wolves, have increased since Timothy McVeigh's bombing of a federal building...

7 arrested in Juárez attack: 2 others sought in deadly ambush

Mexican authorities said Monday they arrested seven members of the Carrillo Fuentes...

Premier John Brumby orders pen-pushing police back on patrol

VICTORIA Police says they welcome any increase in resources after Premier John Brumby said he will have hundreds of desk-jockey pol...

Karadzic judges told of mass executions

JUDGES trying Radovan Karadzic heard overnight that a witness survived the 1995 Srebrenica massacre by feigning death, hiding under...

Pro-government crowd harasses Nicaraguan congress

Led by two Supreme Court justices, supporters of Nicaragua's leftist president threw rocks and fireworks at a hotel where opposition lawmak...

Armed gang abducts hotel guests

AN armed gang stormed two hotels in Mexico's northern economic hub of Monterrey and abducted seven people, including an American wo...

Third Iraqi al-Qaeda leader killed: Iraqi military

US and Iraqi forces have killed another al-Qaeda in Iraq leader in the north of the country, army officials sa...

Group’s weapons cache found

Police link rocket launcher, submachine gun to Revolutionary Struggle; bank raids thought to have funded hits...

India steps up tax probe into IPL corruption claims

Indian tax officials have widened their investigation into alleged corruption in the lucrative Indian Premier ...

Greek police raid terrorist hideout

Greek police have found three hideouts of the terrorist group Revol...

Senior Iraqi al-Qaeda leaders 'killed'

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and US officials say two leaders of al-Qaeda in Iraq have been killed in a joint Iraqi-US operati...

Conflict Escalating As Former Rebels Take Control of Mineral Trade

A group of fighters wearing the uniform of the Congolese national army have taken charge of the lucrative mines in eastern Democratic Repub...

Egyptian security warns it may fire on protesters

Egypt's powerful security ministry warned that its forces could open fire on pro-democracy protesters if necessary, media reports said Mond...

Republicans want Homeland Security to control federal lands along border

A group of House Republicans say Border Patrol agents should be granted direct control over U.S. borders, even on federal lands mana...

Armed Thai troops block Bangkok business district

HUNDREDS of Thai troops armed with assault rifles moved into positions early today to block Bangkok's prime business district from ...

US Military Helicopter Crashes in Northern Iraq

The U.S. military says one of its helicopters has crashed in northern Iraq, killing an American soldier and injuring three others. ...

Suicide bomber kills 7 in Pakistan's northwest

A suicide car-bomber killed seven people and wounded 26 in an attack on a police station in Pakistan's northwest on Sunday, police said, th...

Pentagon will issue new rules for privately owned guns after Fort Hood shootings

The Pentagon will adopt a broad policy governing how privately owned guns can be carried or stored at military installations following the ...

BART police pull Tasers, will retrain officers

The BART Police Department, Oakland, United States, stripped its officers of Tasers on Thursday, days after a sergeant fired the electric d...

Taliban says military build-up under way around Kandahar

THE Taliban is moving fighters into Kandahar, planting bombs and plotting attacks as NATO and Afghan forces prepare for a summer sh...

Bomb strikes IPL cricket match in Bangalore, police say

A bomb has exploded outside a cricket stadium in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, police say. ...

Don't gasp - these knives were found in the CBD and they can kill

HUNDREDS of knives have been seized at Melbourne's courts in the past year, despite laws that make it illegal to carry a blade with...

Israel tells its citizens to get out of Sinai now

ISRAEL issued an "urgent" warning today to its citizens to leave Egypt's Sinai Peninsula immediately, citing "concrete evidence of ...

Al-Qaeda 'plot to attack mosques'

IRAQI authorities have uncovered plans by Al-Qaeda to fly hijacked planes into the country's Shiite mosques in Iraq, a US counter-t...

Most Americans Willing to Sacrifice Some Privacy for More Security When Flying

The persistent fear of terrorism combined with the failed Christmas day terrorist attack maybe ...

Hamas orders Gaza smuggling tunnels shut

Gaza's Hamas rulers have order...

12 dead as Muslim militants attack Philippine city

Muslim militants disguised as policemen and soldiers detonated bombs and opened fire Tuesday in a series of coordinated attacks in a southe...

Google CEO: 'We're now paranoid' about security

Google learned some hard security lessons after it was attacked late last year by hackers, CEO Eric Schmidt said Monday.
"G...

Poll finds fear of domestic terrorism

A strong majority of Americans thinks American-on-American terrorism is likely in the next year, poll results released Monday indicate. ...

Group linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq claims embassy bombs

A militant group linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq has claimed responsibility for suicide car bombings aimed at embassies in ...

Nuclear terrorism is most urgent threat

The story of how I became a national figure in the media is widely known, but few people know what I actually did for the CIA. I wa...

50 dead as Baghdad bombings stoke fears of warfare

Bombs ripped through apartment buildings and a market in mostly Shiite areas of Bag...

Researchers says China-based hackers stole India security information, Dalai Lama e-mails

China-based hackers stole Indian national security information, 1,500 e-mails from the Dalai Lama's office and other sensitive documents, a...

Tensions rise in SAfrican white supremacist case

A racially charged standoff outside a courthouse where a teenager and another black farm worker were charged with killing a leading white s...

Maoist rebels kill at least 76 troops in east India

Maoist rebels in eastern India killed at least 76 paramilitary troops Tuesday, authorities said, underscoring the continued strength of an ...

Kim Jong-Il to make surprise trip to China

NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is highly likely to visit China soon, South Korea's presidential office said, a move which could si...

One Dead, Two Wounded by Stray Bullets That Hit Rio Bus

A man died and two women were wounded when stray bullets hit a bus in Rio de Janeiro after it got stuck in the middle of a gun battle, a ho...

Security beefed up, city police put on high alert

Intelligence agencies have alerted the Punjab government against potential suicide bombings, following which the authorities ordered law en...

Cold War defence alliance dissolved

THE Cold War-era Western European Union defence alliance, set up in the wake of World War II, has been dissolved, the organisation'...

Four convicted of Heathrow heist

A JUDGE has convicted four armed robbers of stealing STG1.75 million ($2.87 million) from a warehouse at Heathrow Airport, in the f...

New suicide blasts shake Russia

SUICIDE bombers killed 12 people in double strikes targeting police in Russia's turbulent North Caucasus, just two days after attac...

Charity used as front to finance Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers

POLICE seized dramatic footage and images of gun-wielding Melbourne-based terrorist cell supporters who allegedly took money from ...

After Moscow Bombings, U.S. Subways Still Vulnerable to Terrorism

A sarin gas attack on Japan's subway system in 1995. A foiled subway terror plot in New York City. Attacks on u...

Militia Charged With Plotting to Murder Officers

David B. Stone Sr. and his wife, Tina, made no secret about the fact that they were part of a militia, neighbors say. The couple frequently...

More Guantanamo Detainees Are Returning to Terror Upon Release

Prior to his release in December, Abdul Hafiz was Prisoner Number 1030 at Guantanamo Bay. Now, less than four months later, he's bac...

Somali pirates hijack eight ships in three days

Somali pirates hijacked a cargo ship with 24 crew Monday, on the heels of capturing another seven vessels in the In...

Hamas seizes $270,000 in frozen funds from bank

Hamas seized $270,000 from a Gaza bank on Monday that had been frozen by the Palest...

Israelis fire on Gaza protests

A PALESTINIAN teenager has been killed and several others wounded as Israeli troops fired on demonstrators near the Gaza border whi...

Barack Obama seeks Iran nuclear sanctions within weeks

US President Barack Obama hopes to impose new international nuclear sanctions on Iran within "weeks" but has admitted Washington do...

Bomb attacks kill 11 in Afghanistan

A STRING of roadside bomb attacks killed 11 civilians including five children in Afghanistan. Five children were k...

Extremist group claims Greece bombing

A POWERFUL bomb exploded in front of an institute for training public officials in the west of Athens late Sunday, killing a 15-yea...

DR Congo rebel massacre of hundreds is uncovered

Evidence of the massacre of at least 321 people in Democratic Republic of Congo has been uncovered by the BBC....

Over-Sharing Online Can Lead to Virtual or Real-Life Security Breach

You're getting ready for a vacation, or for a night out with friends. As part of your routine, you post an update on ...

U.S. firms' security concerns grow in Mexico: poll

U.S. companies in Mexico are increasingly worried about security and many are reconsidering future investments as drug war killings spiral ...

You Won’t Get Skimmed Again

relatively inexpensive technology could wipe out the multi-billion dollar costs of payment card fraud and harm al Qaeda wannabes in the pro...

FBI Releases 2009 U.S. Bank Crime Statistics

The FBI released bank crime statistics for 2009 and it shows a slight drop over the previous year. Here's an overview - Between January 1st...

Saudis break up 101-strong Al-Qaeda cell

SAUDI Arabia claims it has broken up three cells of Al-Qaeda militants that were planning attacks in the kingdom, including on its ...

US, Russia agree on nuclear pact

RUSSIA and the United States have agreed "all the documents" for a successor to the START nuclear disarmament treaty, a Kremlin sou...

Car bomb near mayor's office kills five

A CAR bomb has exploded near the mayor's office in the Colombian port city of Buenaventura, killing five people and injuring 18 oth...

Prisoner enters third day of rooftop protest

A DANGEROUS prisoner armed with scissors is still on the roof of a high-security Queensland prison, sending the complex into lockdo...

French national strike disrupts transport

French public sector workers are holding a day-long, nationwide strike to protest against the government's soc...

Lebanon jails 20 over Qaeda links

A Lebanese military court on Tuesday handed 20 people jail sentences of up to 15 years after convicting them on charges of belonging to Al-...

California Attorney-General calls anti-police booby traps in Riverside County 'urban terrorism'

The California attorney general seeks the public's help in solving the attacks, so far without injuries, targeting an anti-gang task...

National Retail Federation and eBay Join Forces to Thwart Organized Retail Crime

The National Retail Federation (NRF) and eBay Inc. announced today that they have joined forces to fight organized retail crime (ORC). ...

Biometrics Restriction Defeated by New Hampshire Legislature

A bill that would have severely restricted the use of biometrics by private businesses and government agencies in New Hampshire was ...

Conditions in Pakistan – A big threat to human security

From the past three decades, the condition of security in Pakistan has been a matter of worry for the big international powers. The religio...

Fresh Israeli air strikes wound 11 in Gaza Strip

At least 11 people have been injured by Israeli air strikes targeting Gaza's airport, Palestinian officials sa...

Militant group in Kabul with draft peace deal

KABUL - Thirteen Afghan civilians died in violence Sunday as the nation's hard-line vice president expressed hopes for reconciliatio...

Mexico's drug war takes growing toll on Americans

MEXICO CITY - More Americans in Mexico are falling victim to a wave of drug violence sweeping the country, a change driven home by t...

Recount calls add to Iraq's political tension

BAGHDAD - Iraq's president on Sunday demanded a recount in this month's historic parliamentary elections, intensifying the political...

Somali Islamist al-Shabab commander assassinated

A senior commander of the Somali Islamist group, al-Shabab, has been shot dead at close range as he left a mos...

Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists

WASHINGTON - The growing front in the war on terrorism may be no farther than Main Street. The terror cases that have emerged in the...

Bullet and Powder Threats in Baltimore Expose Mail Security Screening Gaps

A series of threatening letters that contained bullets and white powder sent to Baltimore's City Hall and circuit court have ...

U.S. drones kill 8 militants in Pakistan’s tribal region

U.S. drone aircraft struck a compound and a vehicle in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday and killed at least eight sus...

Role of US Police Department in saving lives of Haitians

The US Police Department played a crucial role in saving the people of Haiti from the powerful magnitude of 7.0 and interestingly, the UN a...

Rocket attack destroys NATO oil tanker in Pakistan

Suspected militants fired a rocket on a tanker, carrying oil for NATO troops in Afghanistan, in Pakistan's Khyber Agency tribal region on W...

India to get Russian nuclear submarine for 10-year lease - paper

Russia has confirmed its readiness to transfer its Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine for a 10 year-lease to India, The Times of India ...

Israel Lifts Restrictions on Palestinians as Violence Subsides

Israel has eased restrictions on Palestinians after violent clashes in Jerusalem eased. The move comes amid a diplomatic crisis betw...

2 Would-be Suicide Bombers Killed in Afghanistan

An Afghan official says security forces killed two would-be suicide bombers in southern Helmand province Wednesday.
Pro...

China's Actual Defense Budget

Tensions flared in January 2010 after China announced plans to develop high-end tourism on several of the Paracel Islands, under a n...

Mistral class amphibious assault ship

In early August 2009 RIA Novosti reported that Russia was discussing the purchase of a French Mistral-class amphibious assault ship ...

Drug trafficking can be a serious concern for the security of the country

It is shocking news that Afghanistan contributes around 90 % of drugs to all the nations all over the world. Afghanistan is an opium hub an...

U.S. steps up arms sales to Persian Gulf allies

The Obama administration is quietly working with ...

Preventive Measures to tackle Child Trafficking in Haiti

The date of 12th January 2010 was the most unfortunate in the history for the people of Haiti. The most disastrous earthquake ha...

Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants

Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors...

Pakistani Police seize 4.5 tonnes explosives

PAKISTANI police seized 4.5 tons of explosives, rifles and suicide vests during raids in the eastern city of Lahore which has suffe...

Yemen rebels free 178 prisoners

SHIITE rebels in north Yemen today freed the 178 prisoners they were holding, a mediator announced, and said they were complying wi...

E-mail Security Provider Adds Extra Layers of Security

In her recent book, Going Rogue: An American Life, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin called an incident in which her ...

Blasts rock southern Afghanistan, 35 killed

t least 35 people have been killed and 47 wounded when a series of explosions described by the Taliban as a message to NATO hit Afghanistan...

Pakistani Jets Attack Taliban Positions, Killing 17

Pakistani officials say fighter jets pounded Taliban hideouts near the Afghan border Sunday, killing at least 17 suspected militants...

3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican city

Three people with ties to the American consulate were killed in a drug-plagued Mexi...

Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders

rime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturda...

Biggest threat to national security

Afghanistan can be the biggest threat to national security of all nations due to their increasing activities of suicide attacks. The countr...

British Airways employee faces terrorism charges

A British Airways employee accused of funding terrorism and planning suicide bombings -- including his own -- appeared in court Thursday. ...

Intelligence Firm Says Recent Incidents are Indeed Terrorism

A private intelligence firm issued a report today arguing that the recent attacks against government and military locations are inde...

Afghan Military Improving

The security features in Afghanistan were worst before some time back but now it seems to be improving and Afghan Military is responsible f...

Bali Bombing Suspect Killed in Java Raid

Indonesian police confirm that they have killed one of the country's most wanted terrorism suspects. Dulmatin was allegedly an al-Qa...

Two suspected of planning new Mumbai terror attack

INDIAN police say they have arrested two men for planning to attack a fuel facility and a shopping centre in Mumbai, where Pakistan...

Why So Many Suicide Attacks in Iraq?

Every one knows that suicide bombers are once again heading towards Iraq but no one exactly knows the reason behind this. Within the past f...

Gunmen storm World Vision office killing six

MILITANTS armed with guns and grenades stormed the offices of a US based Christian charity in Pakistan overnight, killing six aid w...

Napolitano says suicide plane crash wasn't related to domestic terrorism

A suicide plane crash that killed the pilot and an Internal Revenue Service worker at ...

President Obama warns Haiti situation 'dire'

US President Barack Obama said overnight that the situation in Haiti following January's earthquake was still "dire'' and warned th...

Sen. Graham: Give released Guantanamo Bay detainees to Homeland Security

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) is urging Congress to pass legislation giving the Department of Homeland Security custody over...

Companies Seek Full-Body Scans That Ease Health, Privacy Concerns

Last night on Capitol Hill, Frankie Guerrero took a bag of white powder, dropped it in his drawers, and stepped into a metal machine resemb...

Counterterror, Technology, and Reaction

In the recent incident in Detroit, a homegrown, self-radicalized jihadist attempted to blow up an aircraft on Christmas day by igniting exp...

Security Professionals and Environmentalists Push for Stronger Chemical Security Regulations

Many security professionals are leery of environmentalists, viewing them as at best a nuisance and at worst a possible threat. In re...

Men seized 'days before planned attack in Britain'

FIVER Pakistani men linked to a terror plot in Britain similar to the attacks on the London transport system in 2005 were arrested ...

Passport probe: AFP officers in Israel

An Australian Federal Police (AFP) team has arrived in Israel to investigate the misuse of Australian passports by sus...

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Background Screening Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a background screening case in which 28 employees of the California Institute of Technology, unde...

Al Qaeda and Other Jihadists Increasingly Wage Econo-Jihad, Study Finds

Osama Bin Laden bragged that the 9-11 terrorist attacks cost al Qaeda $500,000 and inflicted $500 billion in economic damage on the United ...

Al Qaeda video blasts Yemen 'corruption'

Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen posted a video online Tuesday, blasting the country's president and what it called the "appalling corr...

Nigerian president returns, reviving uncertainty

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua...

EU Condemns Fraudulent Use of Passports in Dubai Killing

The European Union today condemned the fraudulent use of European passports and credit cards, obtained through the theft of EU citiz...

Rudd wants answers from Israel after Aussie passports used in al-Mahmud hit

ISRAEL'S ambassador has been called to a meeting with Foreign Minister Stephen Smith to explain how three Australian passports were...

A SERIAL flasher who dressed up in women's clothes

Darren Rolls, 38, exposed himself to 23 children as they played in sandpits, practised on basketball courts and waited for their par...

Stabbings must stop says former top cop Bob Falconer

Eleven stabbing attacks in Melbourne at the weekend have increased calls for a national education campaign to reduce knife crime. ...

Olympic Security Costs May Top $1 Billion

Security costs for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, originally projected at less than $200 million, are expected ...

Geelong mum could be charged after locking children in a car for an hour while shopping

The woman, 39, had gone shopping at Waurn Ponds, a mall and cinema complex on the southwest outskirts of Geelong yesterday evening, ...

Austin plane crash 'may have been deliberate attack on IRS'

A SMALL plane that crashed into an office building in the US may have been a deliberate attack. The pilot of the si...

UN evacuation after white powder scare

THE cafeteria of the UN headquarters in New York has been evacuated and sealed off after a suspicious envelope was found, a UN spok...

I was working for AFP, says accused people-smuggler

AN Afghan man accused of people smuggling in Indonesia says he is innocent and claims Australian police pushed for his arrest only ...

UN evacuation after white powder scare

THE cafeteria of the UN headquarters in New York has been evacuated and sealed off after a suspicious envelope was found, a UN spok...

Surveillance Camera Catches Violent Beating as Three Security Guards Watch

The vicious beating of one teenage girl by another inside a downtown Seattle transit tunnel as three private security guards watched...

Nigeria killings caught on video

Nigerian police and military units carried out extra-judicial killings last year in the aftermath of clashes with members of a Muslim group...

China’s hawks demand cold war on the US

MORE than half of Chinese people questioned in a poll believe China and America are heading for a new...

Bulletproof Fashion Wear

In Bogota, Colombia, Miguel Caballero has found a fashion niche...

Counterterror, Technology, and Reaction

In the recent incident in Detroit, a homegrown, self-radicalized jihadist attempted to blow up an aircraft on Christmas day by ignit...

9-11 Terrorism Trial Could Move to New Venue Because of Security and Cost Concerns

Political opposition, the threat of terrorism, and security costs have begun to eat away at the Justice Department's decision to try...

Online Security Alert: Beware, It's Tax Season

Oklahomans about to file their state taxes should be cautious when they visit the the tax commission's Web site: it's riddled with m...

U.S. Airline Industry Fears Security Fee Hikes

In reaction to the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack, U.S. airlines can expect the Obama administration and Congress to ...

Death of five sparks call to crush hoons' cars

THE uncle of an 18-year-old man killed in a fatal car crash in Victoria said speeding youths' cars should be "crushed". ...

5 Muslim Americans Arrested in Pakistan; Believed to Want to Wage Jihad

Five young Muslim American men were arrested in Pakistan yesterday after police raided a house with alleged ties to Islamic militant...

Study: Pick Your (Online) Friends Wisely

It isn't always easy to turn down a request to be friends-especially in the context of online social networking. That was ...

False Sense of Confidence Pervades IT Business Continuity Planning, Survey Finds

A new survey reports that IT decision makers in both the public and private sectors have a false sense of confidence when it comes t...

Secret Service Takes Blame for Security Breach at White House State Dinner

The head of the Secret Service went before Congress yesterday and accepted full responsibility for the security breakdown last week ...

"Crashergate" Fiasco Expected to Raise Security at the White House

The antics of a fame-seeking couple who crashed President Obama's first state dinner will likely lead to stricter security protocols...

Credit Cards Good Enough to Clear Security at O'Hare, Investigation Reveals

Just before the most historically traveled holiday in the United States, a Fox Chicago News undercover investigation ...

Alleged 9-11 Mastermind To Be Tried in New York City, DOJ to Announce

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will announce today the prosecution of the self-described mastermind of the 9-11 attacks, Khalid She...

House Passes Chemical Facility Security Standards

Tough and controversial new antiterrorism standards for chemical facilities passed the House last week, setting up an upcoming battl...

TSA Revises Passenger Screening Policies After Wrongfully Detaining Ron Paul Aide

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has revised its airline traveler screening policies after it was sued by the Americ...

Does Aviation Security Trump Public Transportation Security?

With deadly terrorist atrocities in London and Madrid revealing the vulnerability of the nation's public transit systems to attack, ...

R U being robbed?

Australia's big banks have ruled out sending SMS messages to bank customers every time cash is withdrawn...

Terrorism Plot Unlikely in Ft. Hood Massacre

There is no evidence that the rampage at Fort Hood orchestrated by the alleged shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was part of a large...

Naked airport scanners in child porn uproar

Manchester Airport has been forced to rethink trials of its invasive new X-ray machine after claims the "naked" images of airline pa...

Gang Violence in Rio Poses Security Questions for 2016 Summer Games

A deadly weekend gun battle between warring gangs in Rio de Janeiro has Brazilian authorities pledging they will get a grip on secur...

French Antiterrorism Officials Worry About "Keister Bombs"

The reverberations continue after an al Qaeda suicide bomber tried to assassinate a Saudi minister by detonating an improvised explo...

International Cooperation Integral In Reducing Threat from Counterfeit and Pirated Merchandise

International cooperation is the route to reducing the threat of counterfeit merchandise, said a U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

DHS Funds Biometric Surveillance Checkpoint Technology

A Cambridge-based research laboratory is helping the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implement a $20 million program to create...

Terrorism Suspect Charged; Man Bought Bomb-Making Ingredients

The federal government has charged Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year old Denver airport shuttle driver, with buying and preparing bomb-maki...

ASIS International Opposes Blanket Firearm Bans on Company Property

The Legislative Action Center (LAC) under the ASIS International Public Affairs Department continues to monitor legislation relating...

Panel Says Terror Alert System Works Better for Institutions Rather than Public

Institutions, including the private sector, are much better served by the color-coded terror-alert system created after the 9-11 att...

CCTV Reclaims Public Housing Complexes in Newark

A $5 million investment in a sprawling video surveillance system by the Newark Housing Author...

Lone Hijacker Faked Juice Can as Bomb

The hijacking of an AeroMexico flight leaving from Cancun yesterday was the work of a lone, unstable man who told a flight attendant...

Stolen or Lost Gadget's Owners Frustrated by Manufacturers' Policies

Owners of lost or stolen hi-end gadgets-such as Amazon's Kindle, smartphones, and Internet radios- have discovered an enraging, frus...

Three Defendants in August 2006 Liquid Explosive Plot Convicted on Retrial

Three British Muslims were convicted on retrial yesterday for their August 2006 conspiracy to bring down seven planes with liquid ex...

Afghanistan: Embassy Guards Accused of Unruly, Undisclipined Behavior

The ability of ArmorGroup North America (AGNA) private security guards to adequately and honorably protect the U.S. Embassy in Kabul...

Protecting Sensitive Information When Crossing the Border

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security ...

Security Guards Canned for Sleeping On-Duty at George Washington Bridge

Two security guards at New York City's George Washington Bridge have been fired for napping on the job, after photographs of them sn...

Speaker Spotlight—Jon McDowall, CFE, PCI, CIFI, CII

Jon McDowall, CFE, PCI, CIFI, CII, is chief executive officer of the Fraud Resource Group. For the past 20 years, Jon has conducte...

Safe Route Planning the Afghanistan Way

Wired.com's Danger Room blog has a short post up that may interest security professionals in VIP protection who plan routes for a li...

DHS, Pentagon Battle Over National Guard at the Border

The Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are fighting over who will pay for National Guardsmen ordered to help protect t...

Somali terror suspects 'new to mosque'

Somali terror suspects Saney Edow Aweys, Yacqub Khayre and Abdir...

Tsunami warning as earthquakes hit Japan, Andaman Islands

Asian nations are on tsunami watch after two strong earthquakes hit the region over...

Security threat forces England out

A security threat has prompted England to pull out of the badminton World Championships scheduled to begin on Monday in the southern Indian...

Stolen Contractor Laptop Compromises 131,000 Guardsmen's Identities

A contractor for the Army National Guard whose laptop was stolen has compromised the personal data of 131,000 current and former gua...

China: Hacker Schools Become Big Business

Long known as a prominent source of cyberattacks worldwide, China has seen the emergence of online training schools that teach stude...

Whistleblowers Optimistic About Treatment Under Obama

Whistleblowers and their advocates are optimistic that the Obama administration will more vigorously protect other government employ...

Fake ATM Rips Off Hackers at Vegas Convention Center

A fake ATM machine was discovered in the convention center of Las Vegas' Riviera Hotel Casino, ripping off guests and hackers attend...

Do Security Alerts Really Work?

Whether it's the pop-up alert warning you about a shady Web site to the rainbow colored terror alert system, security researchers an...

Firefighting Robots Protect London

A team of firefighting robots has helped the London Fire Brigade avoid injuries and public disruptions associated with acetylene-bas...

TJX settles Data Breach for $9.7 Million

TJX Companies Inc.-parent company of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and Home Goods-will pay out $9.7 million to 41 states after hackers stole...

Interview Gives Insight into Somali Pirates' Capture, Ransom Strategy

Maritime security experts and shipping companies take notice: Wired recently grabbed ...

Security Guard Charged in Negligent Yet Improbable Firearm Accident

A Long Beach, California, security guard has been charged with two felonies after breaking up a brawl outside a club in a move out o...

Amid U.K. Controversy, Analyst Shares Phone Security Tips

The best way to secure a phone's voice mail box is to use strong PINs and hope your phone company's employees are smart and trustwor...

ASIS Foundation Publishes New Report on Organized Retail Crime

Every year, organized teams of thieves steal billions of dollars of merchandise and then resell the goods back into the above-ground...

How Security Missed the Jakarta Suicide Bombings

Two details during the run-up to the twin and nearly simultaneous suicide bombings that struck the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton ho...

Thives Get Surprise at South African ATMs

A commercial banking company in South Africa is investing in an arms race with bank robbers to deter them from breaking into ATM mac...

U.K.: More to Fear from Swine Flu than Terrorism

Home Secretary Alan Johnson told the BBC that the United Kingdom has more to fear from swine flu than terrorism, ...

British airlines blocking swine flu travellers

Airlines have stepped up restrictions on travellers to and from Britain as a report said four more Britis...

Suicide Bombers Attack Two Luxury Hotels in Indonesian Capital

Two suicide bombers attacked two luxury hotels popular with Western tourists on Friday morning in Jakarta, ripping off the facade of...

Survey: 17 Percent Responded to Spam Despite Most Knowing the Danger

A new survey may make you question how schooled the average Internet user is in Internet security-even those who use computers the m...

Video shows captive US soldier

An American soldier, who went missing on June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan ...

Animal Extremist Terrorism Law '' Legally Vulnerable," Judge Says

A federal judge yesterday said that a new law to protect businesses from animal rights extremists "may be legally vulnerable," durin...

ACCC investigates 40c petrol discount

The competition watchdog is examining promotions by Coles and Woolworths that offer...

Black Boxes to Get Back-up Battery

Black box flight recorders, which help investigators determine how a plane crash occurred, are set to get a long-needed upgrade to e...

Russia: Hackers Target Religious Sites

While it's been heavily publicized that running afoul of the Russian government could make you a target for cyberattack, Russian hac...

Police deny race brawl reports after Southern Cross arrests

Police are denying claims of a race brawl on a train platform this morning after making arrests at Southern Cross. Two caucasian te...

Social Security Numbering System Leaves Public Vulnerable

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have found that statistical techniques can be used to determine an individual's Social Sec...

UK: White Supremacist Wanted to Throw Tennis Ball Bombs at Asian Neighbors

A British court has heard testimony against Neil Lewington, an alcoholic 43-year old white supremacist, who allegedly conspired to u...

Rat-like Robot to Aid Disaster Response

A British research team is developing a rat-like robot that may one day help first responders search and rescue victims of man-made ...

"Iceman" hacker pleads guilty, faces 60 years

A hacker who went by the alias "Iceman" pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Pittsburgh to charges of wire fraud and now faces ...

Appellate court affirms that Zango can't sue Kaspersky

An appellate court judge has upheld a judge's decision to throw out a lawsuit alleging that software from a leading anti-virus firm ...

Girl survives Yemeni plane crash

14-year-old girl has survived after a Yemeni airliner with 153 people on board crashed in the Indian Ocean. The girl was plucked al...

Antipiracy Programs' Return on Investment

The writing is on the wall: counterfeiting and piracy continue to rip revenues from companies all across the world.
In ...

Locked up in luxury

Three Australian men are locked up in luxury for a week as they sit out a suspected swine f...

Gunmen shoot 41 at wedding party

At least 41 people have been killed in an attack on a wedding party in a village in southea...

Mexico to begin flu shutdown

Mexico is set to begi...

Australia boosting Afghan force

Australia is to send an additional 450 troops to Afghanistan because of what Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called the dete...

Interview: 'Colonel Karuna'

During his time as a Tamil Tiger commander he was accused of organising massacres, conscripting child soldiers and executing local j...

Swine flue toll rises to 152 in Mexico as 91 Aussies investigated

Authorities are investigating almost 100 possible swine flu cases in Australia as new quarantine powers were enacted. Governor-Gene...

Australians should wear face masks to protect against swine flu, says professor

Many Australians will scoff at the very idea of wearing a face mask in public, yet it's a h...

Protesters smash windows in city centre

Around 150 supporters of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger separatists smashed windows and brought tr...

WHO raises swine flu alert level

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised its pandemic alert for swine flu by one...

Head of Homeland Security Vows to Repeal Real ID

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced that she is working with state governors to try and repeal the REAL ID Ac...

More than 100 dead from swine flu outbreak in Mexico

The death toll in Mexico from an outbreak of a new type of swine flu has risen to 103 peopl...

86% of public schools reported crimes in '05 - 06' year

Eighty-six percent of public schools reported at least one crimes during the 2005-06 school year, according to a new federal analysi...

Australian committed for trial over alleged bomb hoax

An Australian flight attendant accused of a bomb hoax on a London-bound plane from Dubai ha...

Sri Lanka rebels vow 'no surrender'

The Sri Lankan government has given the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 24 hou...

Software Helps CCTV Operators catch what they missed..

It's inevitable: CCTV operators cannot identify 100 percent of everthing that they watch out for when staring at a mountain of telev...

Air Fiji under scrutiny

The Consumer Council of Fiji has called upon the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji (CAAFI) to toughen up on Air Fiji's ...

Japan launching new whaling mission

Japan is set to launch another whaling mission, aiming to catch up to 60 minke whales off i...

NASA TV to show ISS high-definition feed for Earth Day

Nasa is planning to celebrate Earth Day by broadcasting high-definition images of the plane...

Thousands of boatpeople waiting to come, Bob Debus says

Thousands of asylum seekers are waiting in Indonesia to try to enter Australia illegally, Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus has warned...

Gang of al-Qaeda kids arrested in Kirkuk

Iraqi security forces have arrested four children who were recruited by al-Qaeda to carry o...

Melbourne fog forces flight delays, diversions at Tullamarine airport

About 20 flights have been delayed or diverted due to heavy fog over Melbourne. ...

Ambos defend Iredale tragedy response

The NSW Ambulance Service has defended its handling of emergency calls after admitting it f...

US President Barack Obama blows lid on CIA terror techniques

US President Barack Obama has blown the lid on harsh CIA terror interrogations approved by ...

Australia 'needs more troops, weaponry'

Australia needs an army of 12 battalions, up to 200 advanced combat aircraft and 18 submari...

Plane grounded in Melbourne after great snake escape

Four baby snakes grounded a Qantas plane in Melbourne after they made a doomed escape attem...

UN rights chief calls on Fiji to restore judiciary

The United Nations human rights chief has called for the reinstatement of the judiciary and...

ATM explodes

Bandits have attempted to blow up an ATM machine in Sydney's north.
Police sai...

Report: al Qaeda Recruiting In Uk At Street Level

The al Qaeda terror network is able to "directly recruit British muslims at street level in the UK", according to a ground-breaking ...

Terrorists Could Launch Dirty Bomb Attack

It is becoming "more realistic" that terrorists could get hold of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons to attack the United Kingdom, th...

North Korea Holds US Reporters

North Korean soldiers have detained at least one Korean-American journalist near the North's border with China, South Korean media s...

Police Departments Keeping Public Informed On Twitter

Public safety officials are finding the use of sites to be not only speedy, but also a convenient way to distribute press releases, Amber a...

Troops kill 41 rebels

Government forces overran a former Tamil Tiger police post today, killing at least nine rebels and raising to 4...

Where Is Bin Laden - Science May Hold The Answer

Fugitive terrorist Osama bin Laden is most likely hiding out in a walled compound in a Pakistani border town, according to a satelli...

33 Minutes - Protecting America In The New Missile Age

A ballistic missile from a foreign enemy would take 33 minutes to reach the United States. With each passing day, this becomes a gro...

CIA, NSA Adopting Web 2.0 Strategies

While the United States intelligence community may have gotten a lot of publicity for its Wikipedia-like Intellipedia Web site, agen...

Fusion Centers Combat Threats from Terrorist and Criminal Networks

In Arizona, after determining the subjects of an international terrorism case were involved in local criminal activity, the case was...

Woman Arrested in Arizona On Terrorism Charges

A New Mexico woman has been arrested on terrorism charges after police say she rammed her truck into a fuel tanker and tried to igni...

North Korea May Be Ready To Test-fire Missile

North Korea could be ready to test-fire a missile within days as satellite imagery has shown increased activity at a missile site ov...

Space Debris Rains Down On Kentucky Causing Alarm

The crash of two satellites 500 miles over Sibera has caused alarm in Kentucky. The collision generated an estimated tens of thousan...

Mumbai Style Terror Attack in Kabul - 26 Dead Scores Injured

Three closely coordinated attacks left 20 people dead and at least 54 wounded in the Afghan capital yesterday morning, after separat...

Australian Wildfires Could Fuel ‘Forest Jihad’ Terrorists, Experts Say

Firefighters and homeowners aren't the only ones keenly watching Australia's massive wildfires, responsible for killing at least 173 people...

Unprecedented Global Alert Issued In Saudi Arabia Terror Threat

In what is being described as an "unprecedented global alert," the International Criminal Police Organization today issued its largest-ever...

Beheaded - Taleban Said To Have Released Video of Polish Engineer Being Killed

A video delivered to media outlets appears to show Pakistani militants beheading a kidnapped Polish engineer, underscoring security ...

108 people dead, 750 homes destroyed in worst bushfires in Australia's history

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd said arsonists in Victoria had committed mass murder as the death toll in ...

FBI Uncovers Worldwide ATM Card Scam - $9 Million Stolen In Single Day

Hackers orchestrated a highly coordinated, global attack on ATM cards involving the theft of a staggering $9 million from bank custo...

Palestinians fire rocket into Israel

PALESTINIAN militants have fired a rocket from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, causing damage but no injur...

Israel Issues Terror Warning

Israel's counter-terrorism bureau warned Sunday night of a "concrete, high-level threat" that the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla group...

Gaza violence flares-up

An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian were killed on Tuesday in the deadliest flare-up of Gaza violence since the war, casting a shadow over...

Pacific leaders gather over action against Fiji military regime

PACIFIC leaders have gathered in Papua New Guinea's capital ahead of a summit in which their regional grouping ...

President Bush Warns Of Continued Terror Threat

Eight days before ending his two terms in office as President George W. Bush said "There is still an enemy out there who wants to at...

Suspected Insider Trading at All-time High

Suspected insider trading cases have reached historically high levels, according to John Malitzis, executive vice president of market surve...

The Doomsday Memo - Administration Prepares For Worst-Case Terror Scenarios

"In the post-9/11 world, this isn't just good manners, good government; it's a national security responsibility," said outgoing Whit...

Obama's foreign policy challenge

Barack Obama inherits wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stalled nuclear negotiations with North Korea and Iran, and a cris...

Al-Qaeda Releases Video Aimed At Germany

The terrorist network Al-Qaeda has released a new video with a message directed at Germany, a US security organization that speciali...

Israel Battles at Edge of Gaza City

Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants engaged Jan. 11 on the southern outskirts of Gaza City in what was some of the fiercest fighting...

Somali Pirates Free Saudi Supertanker

The Sirius Star, the Saudi supertanker that was carrying $100 million worth of crude oil when it was capture by Somali pirates in November,...

Diggers kill Taliban boss blamed for Gregory Sher death

AUSTRALIAN special forces troops have killed a Taliban leader believed to have orchestrated the rocket attack t...

NY Police Eye Disrupting Cell Phones in Terrorist Threat

The New York Police Department is looking for new methods to disrupt cell phone calls and other forms of electronic communication am...

FBI plans large hiring blitz of agents, experts

Wanted by the FBI: agents, language specialists, computer experts, intelligence analysts and finance experts.
The FBI s...

Passengers Tackle Man Who Made Bomb Threat Aboard L.A.-bound Flight

Chris Llewellyn was staring out the window of Delta Airlines Flight #110, watching the landscape of Los Angeles rise up toward the plane, w...

New Plan Allows Police To Hack Personal Computers Without Warrant

Under the Brussels edict, police across the EU have been given the green light to expand the implementation of a rarely used power i...

Terrorists Could Use Insect-based Biological Terror Weapon

Terrorists would find it "relatively easy" to launch a devastating attack using swarms of insects to spread a deadly disease, an aca...

Jewish Organizations and Businesses On Heightened Alert

Several sources are reporting a heightened risk of terror attacks on Jewish organizations, Jewish houses of worship, and Jewish busi...

India Hijack threat: Security Stepped Up At All Airports

With the Centre receiving intelligence inputs about terrorists' plan to hijack a plane or take control of non-functional airports or abando...

War College Report Warns of Possible Civil Unrest - In Ariz. Police Are Prepared

A new report by the U.S. Army War College talks about the possibility of Pentagon resources and troops being used should the economi...

Killer Virus Vomiting Bug Grips Britain

Millions face being struck down by a deadly winter vomiting bug sweeping the country. You may remember this same ...

Troops out of Iraq

All foreign troops except for those of the United States will be out of Iraq by the end of July, the head of the Iraqi parliament's foreign...

Obama picks energy, environment team

Insisting on the need to develop new forms of energy, US President-elect Barack Obama today chose as his energy...

Belgian Police Break Up Terror Plot Linked to al-Qaeda

A planned terror strike in Europe that Belgian police claim to have foiled on Thursday was linked with al-Qaeda, authorities say. Some of t...

China prepares for Mumbai-style attacks

CHINA'S capital has carried out anti-terrorist drills to ward off an attack similar to the deadly assault on In...

Officials Worry Attacks in Mumbai Could Spur Copycats in the West

The Mumbai attacks have prompted some Western officials to step up vigilance against the type of low-tech assault the 10 gunmen mounted las...

Gunmen May Have Survived Mumbai Terror Attack

eports that several terrorists may have survived the three-day siege of Mumbai and escaped into the population will certainly not do much t...

U.S. Warned India in October of Potential Terror Attack

rian Ross and ABC News report U.S. intelligence agencies warned their Indian counterparts in mid-October of a potential attack "from the se...

Hotels Emerging As Terror Magnets?

Was the terror attack on several of Mumbai's luxury hotels an anomaly or part of an emerging pattern? A communication recently intercepted ...

Indira Gandhi Airport On High Alert After Email Threat

Security personnel at the Indira Gandhi International Airport IGI went on a high alert after an e-mail threat by the Deccan Mujahideen, the...

Five Mumbai Terrorists May Have Escaped Capture

At least five terrorist gunmen have evaded capture in Mumbai and could make a secondary strike on India's financial capital, police feared ...

Captured Mumbai Terrorist Says Plan Was To Kill 5,000 and Escape

This is the only surviving gunman of the massacre in Mumbai. Seconds after this picture was taken, 21-year-old Azam Amir Kasav began to kil...

Holy Land Foundation defendants guilty on all counts

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UK - al-Qaeda Buying Ambulances and Other Emergency Vehicles on Online

MI5 have warned Britain's cash-strapped National Health Services that dozens of ambulances-along with old police cars and fire engines past...

Debka Report - G20 Conference Briefed On Possible al Qaeda Terror Attack Plan

An Israeli intelligence site claimed Sunday that "US president-elect Barack Obama, European and Russian heads of states in Washingto...

Chinese nuke sub spotted by Japanese

Japanese military forces detected two Chinese submarines in the East China Sea, including a suspected Han-class nuclear powered atta...

FBI Arrests al Qaeda Blogger

The FBI has arrested Tarek Mehanna and charged him with lying in an affidavit about his relationship to Daniel J. Maldonado, "a form...

Report - Bin Laden May Be Planning Large Scale Terror Attack Against U.S.

Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda may be planning a terror attack against the United States which will "outdo by far" the attacks of Sept...

Active Islamist Extremists In UK May Number In The Thousands

More Islamist extremists are active in the UK than previously thought, a secret intelligence report seen by the Sunday Telegraph has...

al Qaeda Extremists Planning Mass Casualty Terror Attack On UK - Intel Report

Al-Qaeda-linked extremists are planning attacks intended to cause mass casualties in the UK, a top British intelligence report has w...

New Bin Laden Video Coming - Addresses Obama

Osama Bin Laden is set to release a video threat to Barack Obama, fanatics have warned.
The al-Qaeda chief's first mess...

New Tool In the War On Terror

A laser that can scan a crowd and identify people who have been handling explosives is being secretly tested at British airports and...

Mexico Drug Cartel Leader Captured In Tijuana

The head of a major family drug-dealing cartel in Tijuana, a city bordering the United States which is plagued by rampant gang viole...

Security scare at STP diffused

Two unrelated incidents caused a scare at South Texas Project Thursday afternoon that had plant security and Matagorda County Sheriff's off...

Twitter Terrorists - Army Warns of Terror ‘Tweets’ Security Threat

Could Twitter become terrorists' newest killer app? A draft Army intelligence report, making its way through spy circles, thinks the...

US forces attack Syrian border

American helicopters have attacked a farm near the Syrian border with Iraq, killing eight civilians, Syr...

New Data Privacy Laws Set For Firms

Alicia Granstedt, a Las Vegas-based hair stylist who works for private clients and on movie s...

Warning Against Traveling To Mexico

More than 1,100 people have been slaughtered in a bloodbath of drug-related violence in one city just south of the U.S.-Mexico border this ...

Al-Qaeda Web Forums Abruptly Taken Offline

Four of the five main online forums that al-Qaeda's media wing uses to distribute statements by Osama bin Laden and other extremists have b...

N Korea 'may announce Kim Jong-Il's death'

NORTH Korea may make an "important" announcement today, amid rumours reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il has fal...

MOBILE phones DO increase the risk of brain cancer, scientists claimed yesterday.

Cancer risk in mobile phones: Official
The chances of developing a malignant tumour are "significantly...

Hijacker threatens to blow up plane

A RUSSIAN man threatened to blow up a Turkish Airlines jet but passengers said they were unaware of any a...

Thailand, Cambodia War Rhetoric Heats Up

Cambodian and Thai military officials said soldiers were on alert and ready to defend themselves as war rhetoric heated up Wednesday betwee...

Troublemakers will hear voice from above

A QUEENSLAND city is to install CCTV cameras that "speak" to potential troublemakers before they do anything wrong, the ...

Seductress spy jailed

A SOUTH Korean court today convicted a North Korean woman defector charged with extracting state secrets ...

Australia becoming 'addicted' to technology

Australians are addicted to new technology which is great for social connects and business efficiency, but also raises some safety and soci...

Gunship raid kills 35 militants

PAKISTANI helicopter gunships overnight bombed a meeting of Islamic militants linked to al-Qaeda near the...

Vietnam to spare drug traffickers

Vietnam will grant clemency to two Australians facing the death sentence for drug trafficking. ...

Troops on Thai streets

Security forces patrolled Bangkok's streets today in an effort to maintain calm a day after deadly clashe...

Qantas Passengers Suffer Broken Bones During In-Flight Altitude Drop

Australian investigators have said that a faulty stabilization system was behind a Qantas jet losing altitude on Tuesday, causing scores of...

Brooklyn al Qaeda? Materials Found During Arrest Prompts Investigation

Brooklyn police stumbled upon a trove of possible terrorist related materials including; al Qaeda news clippings, chemical manuals and weap...

Victims shocked to learn personal details being traded

HACKERS are flaunting stolen credit card details online, allowing fraudsters to "trial" one victim's identity before buying more. M...

Afghan war cannot be won - top commander

It quoted Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith as saying in an interview that if the Taliban were willing to talk, then that might be "precisely t...

British Government To Watch Every Call And E-mail

Ministers are considering spending up to £12 billion on a database to monitor and store the internet browsing habits, e-mail and telephone ...

Garnaut: We can't save the world alone

IF Australia slashed greenhouse emissions to zero tomorrow it would have almost no effect on global warming but inflict great economic dama...

Mysterious Illness Sends 40 Students To Hospital

Emergency officials are saying as many as 40 Knoxville school children became ill while on a field trip. Knox County schools spokes...

Palmtop Computer Stolen From Open Window In M15 Hideout

A burglar who climbed into the property in Greater Manchester on Sunday night got away with the terminal which contained highly sens...

New terror alerts start tomorrow

Australia's terrorism alert system will be changed to allow a threat level to be altered for a specific l...

Death toll from Vietnam floods rises to 41

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- The death toll from floods triggered by Typhoon Hagupit rose to 41 as ...

Taliban in secret talks to end war

TALIBAN leaders have reportedly been in secret talks about ending the Afghan war in a peace process spons...

Judge orders new trial in online music piracy case

A JUDGE has ordered a new trial for a woman convicted of pirating music on the internet and denounced the awarding of $US222,000 ($2...

Bush says economy "in danger"

US President George W. Bush has warned that the US economy is in danger unless a $US700 billion ($842 billion) plan to bailout the c...

Marriott Hotel, Pakistan - Several Killed, Injured After Huge Explosion

A huge explosion ripped through part of the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Saturday, damaging buildings in a w...

Islamic extremists threaten Denmark with poison

An Islamic extremist group has discussed on its website how to poison Denmark's water supplies in retaliation for Jyllands-Posten ne...

Japan - Police Probe Bomb Blasts Near US Naval Base

Japanese police said Saturday they are investigating two explosions near a US naval base southwest of Tokyo, as media reports indicated the...

al Qaeda’s 9/11 Terror Tape Blocked

Hackers prevented Al Qaeda from releasing a videotape to mark the seventh anniversary of 9/11. Al Qaeda has traditionally issued a v...

Benbrika guilty on terrorism charges

Six men have been found guilty of forming a Melbourne-based terrorist cell.
The jury found Abdul Nacer Benb...

U.S. steps up hunt for bin Laden

Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda high value targets are almost certainly feeling the squeeze of an expanded effort by US forces to...

Islamist cell wanted carnage in the skies

Three members of an Islamist cell accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic aircraft with liquid explosives in 2006 were found guilty by...

Dollar tumbles on economic fears

The Australian dollar was weaker at noon, down US1.6c on yesterday's local close as the prospects of a slowing gl...

Garnaut calls for 10 per cent carbon cut

Top climate adviser Ross Garnaut says Australia should aim for a 10 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2...

National broadband network worth up to $30 billion.

The Australian federal Government has ended the waiting game on its biggest confirmed infrastructure project a...

Australian soldiers fighting to stay alive in Afghanistan

Nine Australian soldiers have been injured, six of them seriously, in a firefight with Taliban in Afghanistan.

The specia...

Iran Warns Any Attack Would Start World War

A senior Iranian military commander has warned that any US or Israeli attack on the Islamic republic would start a new world war, the state...

Task Force Black Kills Hundreds of Al Qaeda Terrorists In Black Ops Campaign

More than 3,500 insurgents have been "taken off the streets of Baghdad" by the elite British force in a series of audacious "Black Ops" ove...

Thai PM declares state of emergency after bloody protests shut down

BANGKOK: Thailand's Prime Minister declared a state of emergency yesterday in Bangkok, calling it the "softest...

Airline plans more flights

Virgin Blue Airlines plans to launch Nadi to Auckland flights from this year, says senior manager Harish Chandra. ...

Chemical plant explosion kills 11

An explosion at a chemical plant in southern China has killed 11 people, injured 57 and forced the evacuation of ...

Deadly bacteria found in hospitals

THREE major Sydney hospitals have tested positive to the potentially deadly golden staph bacteria.
F...

153 killed in air crash inferno

Spanish passenger jet carrying 172 people has careered off a Madrid airport runway, breaking up in flames today and killing 153 people. ...

Cruise Ship Security

Lawmakers explored the effectiveness of security aboard cruise ships during a ...

Al Qaeda Strengthens

Al Qaeda has used the ties it forged with Pakistani tribal leaders to create a safehaven from which it has strengthened its ability ...

Australian aid builds 1000 schools

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith jets into Indonesia's Sulawesi island today to celebrate the 1000th sch...

Digicel explains tower deals

Digicel Fiji Limited says it works with the relevant regulatory authorities to obtain necessary permissions to build t...

Rudd to honour allied soldiers

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd will use his visit to Singapore today to honour Allied soldiers who died in South-East ...

China Eastern Air says deal with Singapore expired

Shanghai, China - China Eastern Airlines said Sunday that its agreement to sell a strategic stake to Singapore Airline...

Security Pros Get Scammed

Shawn Moyer, chief information security officer for Agura Digital Security, and Nathan Hamiel, senior consultant for Idea Informatio...

Success story goes on

They started with one small shop in Labasa in the 1930s, but today it is a brand name for many a household in Fiji. ...

Asia inflation offers some hope worst may be over

Singapore - Inflation scaled a 17-year high in Australia and held at a 26-year record in Singapore, but the data, combined with a dr...

Britain's e-Passports Can be

Britain's supposed "fake-proof" biometric e-passports ...

China's Surveillance State

In the run up to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, which kick-off tomorrow n...

Reserve Bank predicts rise

Fiji's economy is expected to grow this year by one and half to two per cent, says the Reserve Bank of Fiji. ...

Barack Obama’s brother pushes Chinese imports on US

Barack Obama's half-brother has been helping to promote cheap Chinese exports in a low-profile business career while the Democratic ...

Fiji Television signs Deans rugby deal

Fiji Television has signed an exclusive three-year agreement with the Fiji Secondary School Rugby Union and Coca Cola ...

China on Olympic terror alert after border attack

Olympic organisers moved to reassure the public and athletes yesterday that the games would be safe after China's deadliest suspecte...

Interim PM's trips under fire

The interim Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, has come under attack by political parties for overseas trip...

Pentagon closes controversial intelligence unit

Washington - The Pentagon on Monday said it was closing a controversial intelligence office that had raised concerns about domestic spying ...

Top Al Qaeda Commander Killed in Pakistan

Al Qaeda confirmed in an Internet posting yesterday that one of its top commanders, Abu Khabab al-Masri, wa...

Aviation watchdog investigates Qantas

AUSTRALIA'S aviation watchdog will launch an investigation into Qantas safety and maintenance operations followin...

Family forgets girl, 4, at airport

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl was left behind at Israel's Ben Gurion international airport overnight as her mother, father...

TSA on Track with

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is on track to provide an additional 200 canine explosive detection teams a year to...

Iraq's Chief May Have Left

The leader of the group "al Qaeda in Iraq" and a number of his top lieutenants have traveled to Afghanistan, ...

National Emergency Communications Plan

The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) has released its ...

President Bush

President Bush has signed an executive order that re...

Defence hacker was 'looking for aliens'

A British computer expert has lost his appeal against extradition to the US where he is accused of "the biggest m...

New tobacco bans welcomed

ALL state governments should follow the lead of New South Wales and introduce tough new smoking laws, health grou...

Ideological and Theological Divisions

Critical ferment within the larger jihadist community is tarnishing al Qaeda's reputation and damaging its credibility among Muslims...

Another plane in midair damage

A Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 747 aircraft with 363 passengers suffered mid-air damage while descending for a l...

Hijackers steal blank passport stash

Hijackers have made off with boxes of blank British passports worth a fortune on the black market in a raid on a ...

New U.S. Pilot Program

Travelers from the 27 countries that have been granted visa-free entry to the United States will have to answer an online questionna...

Qantas Brisbane flight mechanical problems

A Qantas aircraft has run into problems while landing at Brisbane Airport - the third incident the airline has ex...

DHS Stresses

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) annual...

Fresh Challenge to Government

Nigerian rebels are on the offensive again, targeting western oil company employees and attacking installations in the country's mai...

Qantas Bruce McCaffrey jailed for price-fixing

QANTAS fall guy Bruce McCaffrey has become the world's first former airline executive to be jailed over a far-rea...

70 rebels killed in Afghani fighting

Up to 70 insurgents were killed in Afghanistan overnight when helicopter gunships and ground fighting repulsed an...

Airlines warned about oxygen cylinders

US authorities ordered airlines to check on-board oxygen cylinders just months before a huge hole was torn in a Q...

Israeli Aviation Security

A year after an Israeli civilian committee declared the country's aviation security in a "catastrophic state," the U.S. Federal Avia...

Slow internet major problem at Olympics

Internet connection is proving to be a major problem at the Beijing Games, despite Olympic organisers promising u...

1013 dead from painkiller overdose

At least 1013 people died of overdoses in several US cities from 2005 to 2007 after illegally injecting the highl...

Al Qaeda Recruits Europeans

Israeli's intelligence agencies warned the government's Security Council yesterday that the country is under the threat of jihadist ...

Dollar weaker despite US woes

THE Australian dollar opened marginally weaker today as expectations for an interest rate cut hindered the domest...

GAO: Much Work Remains

Stakeholders in the intergovernmental, cross-sector Information Sharing Environment (ISE) mandat...

Life in prison for 'Dirty War' general

FORMER Argentine general Luciano Menendez has been sentenced to life in prison for human rights violations and cr...

Malware Targets

Malware is increasingly being hosted on legitimate business Web sites. Once online, the payload it's delivering to unsuspecting surf...

Managing Flood Risk

The federal government is not solely responsible for protecting the United States from floods, an army official told the ...

Protesters gather at 'racist' Fox News

Protesters have gathered outside Fox News Channel to denounce what they claim is its racist campaign coverage, in...

Blackwater to Move away

Blackwater Worldwide, the company synonymous with private security contractors, ...

China Denies It Stole

The Chinese government has denied it stole the BlackBerry of an aide to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown during a trip to Shangha...

Airport Screenings

Representative John Lewis (D-GA) has a problem: almost everytime he flies he's subjected to secondary security screening because his...

Hackers Don't Always Use High Technology

With the constant bombardment of media reports warning of hackers using numerous ploys and tactics to get at confidential informatio...

Russia bans contaminated Aussie meat

RUSSIA has banned imports of meat processed at four Australian plants because of microbial contamination. ...

Zimbabwe using Aussie air space - report

IF Zimbabwe is secretly using Australian air space to ferry military officials and war veterans to China the Gove...

Baby stolen from dead mum's womb

A US woman has been charged with the murder of a young mother whose baby boy was cut from her womb. ...

Don't Fall for Angelina Jolies Spam

Last week security experts ...

Five injured in nightclub knife attack

TWO women have been arrested after a violent brawl which broke out in a Melbourne nightclub early today put two p...

Security Measures

Beijing's tight security measures surrounding the 2008 Olympic Games has left many of the city's expatriates and locals wondering if...

Is Homeland Security a Quixotic Quest?

Today prominent security theorist and blogger Bruce Schneier ...

TSA Releases Voluntary Security

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released a new set of voluntary security recommendations yesterday for moving certa...

Venezuela's Cha'vez No Terrorist

The U.S. will not designate Venezuela a terrorist state, the State Department's top diplomat for the region ...

37 dead in level crossing pile-up

At least 37 people were killed and 38 injured when a truck failed to stop at a level crossing and pushed waiting ...

Anti-Terror Toxin Rules

Scientists who work with dangerous biological agents fear that a government program strengthened after the anthrax scare of 2001 has...

Cargo Security on Passenger Airplanes

With the 2010 deadline to screen all cargo on passenger planes fast approaching, witnesses from the aviation and shipping sectors cr...

New Passenger Screening Technologies

The Transportation Security Administration announced yesterday it w...

Dollar breaks through $US98c

The Australian dollar has opened higher, breaking through $US0.9800 during the overnight session on conti...

Out of Computer Network

Top administrators of San Francisco's new, multi-million dollar computer network cannot access the system after a disgruntled comput...

Social Security Numbers Online

Washington, D.C.'s, Metro transit system ackn...

States are Preparing for Medical Surge

States are working to ensure medical surge capacity in mass casualty events like terrorist attacks and natural disasters, but diffic...

Theme park collapse injures 30

Thirty people have been injured after a theme park ride collapsed in Sweden.
A number of people were...

Amtrak's Counterterrorism Program

Six months after Amtrak implemented new and improved security measures to protect its Northeast Corridor line, rail company official...

Australia won't accept nuclear waste

The Rudd Government has ruled out accepting nuclear waste from other countries following reports Cabinet will rev...

One million names on US terror

A watch list of suspected and known terrorists, compiled by the US authorities, has ballooned and contains more t...

Watch Out For World War III Spam

Hackers have created a new ruse to infect Internet users' computers with malware, ...

82 Olympic terror suspects arrested

Chinese police have this year detained 82 suspected terrorists in the nation's Muslim-populated far north-west wh...

Alcohol linked to 100 young deaths yearly

At least 100 young people die each year with a blood alcohol level at or above .05, figures released today show. ...

Antarctic ice shelf 'hanging by thread'

New evidence has emerged that a large plate of floating ice shelf attached to Antarctica is breaking up, in a tro...

Disaster Management

Disaster management specialists from the private and public sectors br...

Man sought after dead woman found in car

Police are searching for a man in connection with the death of a woman in her fifties, whose body was found in a ...

Bush hails new US spy bill

US President George W. Bush said today he would quickly sign into law a new spy Bill approved by the Senate, afte...

Gunmen Killed

Three police officers and three suspected terrorists were killed in a ten-minute shoot out at the United States consulate in Istanbul. The ...

Pennsylvania's Top Cop

The NFL has hired Pennsylvania's top cop to lead its new strategic security program that covers "all aspects of stadium security," ...

The Importance of

Proponents of public CCTV systems should stop claiming the technology reduces crime if they want to minimize the growing backlash ag...

US to make 'safer' cluster bombs

The US says it will make its cluster bombs safer but has resisted pressure to ban them completely.
C...

Bus plunges 300m

At least 46 people died in Bolivia when a truck loaded with people lurched off a mountainous highway and fell nearly 300m. This was...

Internet At Risk

Computer industry heavyweights are rushing to fix a flaw in the foundation of the internet that would let hackers control traffic on the wo...

Roadside bombing

An Australian soldier has been killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan.
Defence head Air Chief Marshal Houston said the ...

3 Year Old Shot

Police shot dead a three-year-old boy in Rio de Janeiro after apparently mistaking the car he was in for that of fleeing armed suspects. ...

New Laptop Bag

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is testing new "checkpoint-friendly" laptop bags that will defeat the need for trav...

Toll tops 40 in embassy bombing

A suicide car bomb that hit the Indian embassy in Kabul killed 41 people and wounded 139 in an attack Afg...

U.K.: Counterterrorism Bill Criticized by Human Rights Group

Calling it "unnecessary, disproportionate, and counterproductive," Human Rights Watch (HRW) has ...

Gunmen kill top UN official

Gunmen killed the head of the UN Development Program today in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the latest f...

Iraq attacks kill 15

At least 15 people were killed across Iraq overnight, including six in a Baghdad car bombing, a day after...

Mine gas kills 21

At least 21 miners were killed by carbon monoxide gas poisoning in a coal mine in northern China today, t...

Mosque suicide bombing kills 14 police

A suicide bomber killed 15 people overnight in an attack on police guarding an Islamist rally to mark the...

Police want DNA from all arrests

West Australian police want the power to take a DNA sample from anyone arrested, even for minor offences ...

The Perils of Spam

The Internet security firm McAfee had a novel idea: recruit 50 people from 10 countries to surf the Internet unprotected for 30 days...

Murder charge after shooting

A man has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of a firefighter on the Sunshine...

Woman dies in bungled robbery

A 72-year-old woman found dead in her Melbourne home is believed to have been the victim of a bungled rob...

Retailers Face Deadline for Securing Web-facing Applications

Retailers that accept payment cards, credit or debit, have until the end of day to comply with a new regulation aimed at protecting ...

Americans Returning from Overseas Find Their Electronic Devices Searched and Seized

American business travelers returning from overseas face another hassle at U.S. ports-of-entry: they're having their laptop computer...

Educating Employees Reduces Security Breaches

The biggest threat to your company's network security isn't some mysterious hacker crafting digital attacks from halfway around the ...

Laptop Searches in Airports Draw Fire at Senate Hearing

Washington - Advocacy groups and some legal experts told Congress on Wednesday that it was unreasonable for federal officials to sea...

Report: TSA screeners' low morale may hurt airport security

Low morale among the nation's airport screeners may be compromising security and forcing screeners to quit the...

Fiji angry over Microsoft name

Fiji's military government has written to the software giant Microsoft demanding the company not use thei...

FTIB links training to investment

Fiji needs to train its people more if it wants to attract more investment in the Information Communication Technology sector, Fiji ...

Gunmen kill senior cop during lunch

A Mexican police chief and three bodyguards were shot and killed as they ate lunch in Mexico City, the la...

Open List ‘will change Fiji political culture’

One of the architects of Fiji's current Constitution believes the proposed Open List voting system will have implications for the ki...

FHL changes sadden ousted PM

Ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase says it's sad that the most successful Fijian venture, Fijian Holdings Limited (FHL), is being destro...

Millions up in flames

Direct losses incurred from fires in Fiji range from $35million to $52million annually.
Most of the losse...

Ministry confirms rejecting ABC visas

The Ministry of Information yesterday confirmed that it had refused visas for a proposed visit by an Australian Broadc...

Most blame Bush for economic woe

Three out of four Americans blame US President George W Bush's policies for the country's economic woes a...

Afghan policewoman is shot dead

Insurgents in Afghanistan have shot dead a policewoman for the first time, police say.
T...

UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

A British soldier has been killed in fighting with the Taleban in southern Afghanistan, the MoD has said....

Man injured in workplace explosion

A man is in intensive care after a bitumen profiler exploded in a workplace accident in Brisbane's south....

Missiles boost Olympic security

China has bolstered its Olympic security effort by deploying a battery of surface-to-air missile launcher...

More Qantas flights face grounding

Qantas may have to cancel more flights despite having already scrapped 18 flights today because of aircra...

Petrol boss offers savings tips

Motorists should use less petrol in the face of rising oil prices, says the head of the Australia's large...

229 dead in typhoon

At least 229 people are confirmed dead and at least six missing after Typhoon Fengshen ravaged the centra...

Female suicide bomber kills 15

A female suicide bomber blew herself up among policemen outside a restaurant north of Baghdad overnight, ...

Immigrants start deportation centre fire

Illegal immigrants started a fire today at one of France's biggest deportation centres outside Paris, bur...

Qantas no closer to dispute resolution

Qantas its engineers are a long way from finding an end to their crippling industrial dispute, the airlin...

Cars ditched over petrol high

MORE commuters are ditching their cars and turning to public transport as petrol hits almost $1.72 a litre in Sydney and Melbourne. ...

Leader's wife beaten to death

Pro-Government thugs are thought to have killed the wife of another Zimbabwe opposition leader and 12 tortured bodies have been foun...

Man charged over laser attack on police

A police helicopter has been targeted with a laser on a flight over Sydney's north-west, authorities say....

Python emerges from 10th-floor toilet

A 1.8m black-headed python has been found in a toilet bowl on the 10th floor of a Darwin apartment block....

Qantas flights face disruption

Qantas passengers can expect disruptions to both international and domestic flights next week as engineer...

Bus stop car bomb kills 51

A car bomb at a bus stop in north Baghdad killed at least 51 people and wounded 75 others overnight, secu...

Man charged over 2000 murder

A man has been charged over a shooting murder on the NSW far north coast eight years ago. ...

NZ police probe England rugby players

New Zealand police are investigating allegations against up to four members of the touring England rugby ...

One in three diabetics 'dead by 2018'

Alarming new diabetes research predicts almost a third of Australians with the disease will die in the ne...

Thief steals minister's computer

A computer has been stolen from the office of a British cabinet minister in a break-in in the second seri...

26 killed in bus crash

A burst tyre has caused a bus crash in eastern Zambia with 26 people killed and 52 injured. ...

Employer warning on 10-point plan

Labor's new employment standards just mean employees will lose their jobs at a faster rate should the eco...

Flood fears for Mississippi river

US officials today warily eyed the mighty Mississippi, swollen by days of flooding as waterlogged Iowan t...

Qantas strikes in price war with Virgin

Qantas has fired the first shot in a potential price war with Sir Richard Branson's new US-Australia airl...

Thief asks police to open handcuffs

A man caught breaking into a German supermarket late at night escaped despite being handcuffed to railing...

62 feared dead after heavy China rain

Heavy rains which fell in southern and eastern China have left at least 62 people dead or missing, while ...

Cut fuel prices Kevin, voters say

Voters are overwhelmingly unhappy with Kevin Rudd's handling of soaring fuel prices and reject his plan t...

More spy files found on train

Secret British government documents detailing the fight against terrorist financing have been found on a ...

Party crowd turns on police

Twelve police crews were called in to control a melee that erupted after police closed down a party in th...

Woman attacked at knifepoint in bed

A woman was held down with a pillow over her face and a knife to her throat and sexually assaulted by an ...

Husband weeps as murder video shown

A Briton accused of killing his wife and baby broke down in tears today as prosecutors in Massachusetts s...

Police bust foot spa drug ring

Police in Australia and Canada are continuing to investigate a major drug syndicate after seizing more th...

Police culture disturbing - inquiry

The culture of Victoria Police came under attack at a police corruption inquiry today as questions were r...

Illegal immigrants in rooftop seige

Two illegal Vietnamese immigrants climbed on to a roof and threatened self-harm after police and immigrat...

Bomber disguised in burqa shot dead

Afghan police have shot dead a would-be suicide bomber disguised in a burqa after he ignored warning shot...

1000 protest against Bush in Rome

About 1000 people marched on the US embassy in Rome today to protest against visiting US President George...

British PM scrapes anti-terror win

British MPs narrowly backed government plans to hold terror suspects for up to six weeks without charge t...

Oil prices jump $US4

Oil prices jumped more than $US4 to above $US136 a barrel today after news that American crude reserves s...

Pakistan condemns US attack

Pakistan lodged a strong protest with the United States over what it called an unprovoked and cowardly ai...

Spy leaves al-Qaeda file on train

One of Britain's top intelligence officials left a file with secret documents about Iraq and al-Qaeda on ...

Head of Saddam tribe killed by bomb

The head of Saddam Hussein's tribe was killed by a bomb planted on his vehicle north of Baghdad today, po...

London Olympics 'a disaster'- mayor

London Mayor Boris Johnson has slammed organisers of the 2012 Olympics that will be held in the British c...

Palestinians killed in Israeli attack

An Israeli air strike has killed at least three members of a Palestinian mortar crew in the Gaza Strip, t...

Workers evacuated from factory fire

Twenty-two workers have been evacuated from a fire in a Melbourne conveyor belt factory this morning....

120 killed as plane bursts into flames

A Sudan Airways plane has burst into flames after landing at Khartoum airport and 120 of the 217 passengers have died. ...

Airline moves threatening tourism

Queensland's tourism industry is bracing itself for more bad news after Virgin Blue's chief hinted that f...

Algeria bombings spark fear

A deadly double bombing near Algiers sparked fears today of a wave of al-Qaeda inspired attacks in what F...

Aussies 'in dark' over savings interest

More than 80 per cent of Australians don't know the rate of interest they are earning on their savings ac...

Oil prices weaken after record run

Oil futures slid overnight as analysts warned of a "price bubble" that could burst soon after crude rocke...

Qantas flight targeted by laser

A Qantas pilot has become the latest target of a laser light attack.
The Boeing 747...

1000kg World War II bomb found

Bomb disposal experts have been called to the site of an unexploded World War II device found in a river ...

Angry ministers vow to get even with rogue bars

Rogue nightclub and strip joint owners fighting Melbourne's 2am lockout face stiff licence fee increases....

Dollar closes marginally stronger

The dollar closed marginally stronger today as the narrowest monthly trade deficit in 14 months failed to...

9/11 accused 'ready to be martyrs'

Three of five alleged plotters in the September 11, 2001 attacks demanded today to be sentenced to death ...

Brown to get tough on knife crime

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has vowed to get tough on knife crime, telling prosecutors they shoul...

Al Qaeda claims attack on Danish embassy

Dubai (Reuters) - Al Qaeda said on Wednesday it was behind a suicide attack o...

Child killed in minivan-train crash

A seven-year-old girl has been killed in a collision between a train and a small bus at a level crossing ...

Six dead in Afghani attacks

Taliban-Style suicide blasts and other attacks killed six people in Afghanistan today as the new NATO com...

Fire engulfs building in Melbourne CBD

A fire has badly damaged one building and forced the evacuation of hundreds of workers from another in ce...

U.N. chief: $20B a year to end food crisis

Rome, Italy (CNN) -- Countries and donors must spend as much as $20 billion a year if the world is to end the food ...

Dollar down on strong greenback

The dollar has opened weaker after the US dollar strengthened overnight on the back of a speech from US F...

Men arrested after 721 murders

Iraqi police in the Shi'ite shrine city of Karbala have arrested five men wanted in connection with 721 m...

Dutchman main suspect in drug ring

A 42-year-old Dutch man is considered to be the main suspect in a multi-million dollar international drug...

Explanation sought for locked in toddler

A Sydney childcare centre is being investigated after a toddler was locked inside alone after closing hou...

Police 2am lockout anger for Melbourne bars

Extra police will be on the beat in the city over the Queen's Birthday long weekend as the 2am booze lock...

Sri Lanka seeks aid for flood victims

Sri Lankan authorities appealed for canned food, drinking water and clothes for thousands of people force...

Bomb kills at least eight in Islamabad

A suicide car bombing outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital Islamabad yesterday killed at l...

Dollar falls on weak data

The Australian dollar was lower at noon after poorer than expected retail figures stifled expectations of...

Floods kill 16 people

Floods triggered by torrential rain have killed at least 16 and forced thousands of people from their hom...

Parliament was bomb target, court told

The ringleader of a gang accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic jets with liquid explosives told a ...

School bus collision with train kills seven children

Seven children have been killed and 25 people injured after a train ploughed into a school bus on a level...

Gates could withdraw Navy ships after Myanmar 'neglect'

Singapore (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday he will make a decision within "a matter of days" to w...

Police want more troops

Victoria's police union wants 3000 more police on the beat to regain control of our streets at night....

S Asia 'focus for al-Qaeda fight'

Washington has pinpointed the frontier areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan as the most pressing central point in...

Somali president escapes assassination bid

(CNN) -- Suspected Islamic insurgents fired mortar rounds at a plane carrying Somalia's transitional president, but...

Bandit suffers broken nose, arm in citizen's arrest

A Bandit wound up with a broken nose and arm after being wrestled to the ground in a citizen's arrest in ...

Boeing 747 splits in two on take off

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- A large cargo plane crashed at the end of a runway and split in two while trying to take ...

Famine fears for seven million Ethiopian children

EGU VILLAGE, Ethiopia (CNN) -- A year of drought and soaring food prices has threatened the lives of tens of thousa...

Roadside bomb in Iraq injures 7 Marines

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Seven U.S. Marines were wounded by a roadside bomb that also wounded two Iraqi police office...

45kg of ecstasy powder seized

POLICE and customs have seized 45kg of powdered ecstasy which investigators say would have made more than...

Afghani attacks leaves 17 dead

POLICE stopped a suicide bomber from driving a stolen police jeep packed with explosives into a base in A...

Arrest after Coburg robbery

ONE MAN has been arrested, but another is still being hunted, over a robbery and petrol drive-off in Melb...

Bomb accused 'had blood on his hands'

POLICE say an alleged bombmaker due to front a WA court tomorrow had blood on his hands when they pulled ...

Bomb scare at Hurstville Grove

Police have closed off Waitara Parade at Hurstville Grove after the bomb squad was cal...

Chinese Officials Call for Tents to House Earthquake Survivors

Chinese officials are urging the international community to aid earthquake relief efforts by donating tents to shelter the e...

Deadly blast hits Pakistani town

A suspected suicide attack in the north-western Pakistani town of Mardan has killed at least 13 people and wou...

Four people killed in Mexico drug-smuggling area

ROSARITO, Mexico (Reuters) - Four people including an American woman were shot in the head and their bodies dumped in a notorious dr...

Gunmen open fire on takeaway shop

SHOTS have been fired into a crowded fish and chip shop in Sydney's southwest, narrowly missing staff and...

Neighbours to lead Burma rescue effort

BURMA today declared three days of mourning for cyclone victims after agreeing to an international aid ef...

Palestinian suicide bomber attacks Gaza crossing

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A Palestinian detonated a powerful truck bomb at the main pedestrian crossing between Israel and the Ga...

Strong quake shakes Indonesia

A POWERFUL 6.1-magnitude earthquake has shaken the western coast of Indonesia's North Sumatra province to...

A barbaric attack

The LTTE once again exposed its true colours to the wider world yesterday. The barbaric attack on a police bus which killed both pol...

Suicide bomb explosion near Sambuddhaloka temple ; 9 killed, over 95 wounded

Nine including seven Police personnel were killed and over 95 casualties reported, following the LTTE suicide bomb attack near Sambu...

Bomb targets Sri Lanka army chief

At least eight people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on Sri Lanka's army headquarters, while the head of the army has be...

20th Hijacker - US Drops Charges Against Saudi in Sept. 11 Terror Attacks

The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi at Guantanamo who was alleged to have been the so-called "20th hijacker" in the Sep...

Suicide blasts kill 6, injure 8 in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a police convoy in s...

Terror Attack In Jaipur India Leave 80 Dead

A shock of thick black hair was all that peeped out from under a white sheet that covered a small body Wednesday at a morgue in Jaip...

Bomb Threat, Suspicious Object Spur Evacuation of Naval Site

A bomb threat followed by the delivery of a suspicious object brought the evacuation of a construction site at the U.S. Naval Reserv...

No Credible Terror Threat To Indy 500

A federal assessment says the Indianapolis 500 is an attractive target for terrorists - but there's no credible or specific threat a...

Nigeria - Police Chief Warns of Possible al Qaeda Terror Attack

Nigeria's security services were on high alert on Saturday after a warning from the police chief that Al-Qaeda could be planning a b...

Terrorists Create Sophisticated Recruiting and Marketing Campaigns On Internet

Foreign terrorist groups have developed sophisticated Internet recruitment and marketing campaigns, increasing the threat of home-gr...

‘Lost’ Hospital Equipment Sparks Dirty Bomb Fears

Nine items that could be used to build a dirty bomb are missing from British hospitals, fueling fears that Al Qaeda terrorists are t...

German Police Probe Islamist’s Jihad Call

German federal police (BKA) said on Tuesday they were investigating a German Islamist who has issued a call to Jihad on the Internet...

Suspicious Package Leads to Perth Airport Evacuation

UPDATE
West Australian police have declared that several suspicious packages at the cent...

U.S. Kills al Qaeda Leader In Somalia - Revenge Attacks Threatened

A U.S. airstrike that killed the suspected al-Qaida leader in Somalia brought warnings of vengeance from Islamic insurgents Friday a...

German Police Probe Islamist’s Jihad Call

German federal police (BKA) said on Tuesday they were investigating a German Islamist who has issued a call to Jihad on the Internet...

Israeli Intelligence Chief Warns of Massive Attack on Israels 60th Anniversary

Palestinian militant groups are seeking to launch a wide-scale attack on Israel's 60th Independence Day in May, Israeli Military Int...

Thailand Police Seize More Than 1,000 Fake Passports

Thai authorities have seized more than a thousand fake Asian and Western passports and arrested a man in one of the biggest anti-cou...

Al-Qaeda Pirates Target UK Ships - Attacks Increasing

Britains 18,000 merchant sailors face a growing danger from pirates with links to al-Qaeda.
Attacks worldwide are up 20...

Aussie soldier killed in Afghanistan

An Australian special forces soldier has been killed and four others wounded during a firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan. ...

Interpol Says Terror Attack At Olympic Games Possible

The head of Interpol said on Friday that there is a "real possibility" that the Beijing Olympics will be targeted by terrorists or t...

UK police say 3 terror suspects have been arrested in London

Scotland Yard says it has arrested three terror suspects in London.
Britain's Metropolitan police say the three men are a...

Face Scans To Trial In Airports This Summer

Airline passengers will be screened using automated facial recognition technology rather than being checked by passport officers in ...

Plane Searched In Venezuela After Bomb Warning

Venezuelan authorities were searching a trans-Atlantic airliner on Sunday after receiving a call warning that a bomb was aboard the ...

Utility Workers Face MI5 Background Checks Amid al-Qaeda Fears - UK

Thousands of utility workers face MI5 checks amid fears al-Qaeda is trying to infiltrate vital industries and businesses. ...

Leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al Masri Vows 30 Day Offensive Against U.S.

A man claiming to be the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq vowed in an audiotape released Saturday to launch a monthlong offensive against ...

Stock Exchange Outburst Drama

A siege is under way at the building housing the Perth stock exchange and commonwealth parliamentary offices, where a man is making ...

Terrorists Still Operating Freely on Pakistan Border

Terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along the country's Afghanistan border, despite the U.S. giving Pakistan more than...

Britain Monitoring 30 Terror Plots, 22,000 Individuals, 200 Networks

British police and security agencies are keeping tabs on 30 terror plots, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith told a Sunday newspaper. "The...

Zawahiri calls on Muslims to make Iraq 'fortress of Islam'

Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri said that building Iraq as a "fortress of Islam" is the "most important duty" for Muslims, in ...

Missing case with radioactive material found at school entrance in Madrid

Police say an equipment case containing low-level radioactive material that was stolen from a car this week has been found in the do...

UAE releases one of the ships impounded for cable damage

One ship from an Iraqi company is being held and two sailors have been arrested.
DUBAI: The UAE authorities have releas...

China Olympic Terror Plot Nightmare

Australias hottest Olympic gold medal prospect Libby Trickett has labelled a plot to kidnap athletes and journalists at the Beijing ...

Jailed terrorists are using the internet to contact supporters

Terror suspects held at one of Britain's most secure jails are secretly accessing the internet to contact their supporters. ...

New Weapon In War On Terror - Hand-held Lie Detector

The Pentagon will issue hand-held lie detectors this month to U.S. Army soldiers in Afghanistan, pushing to the battlefront a century-old d...

Pardoned terrorists tried to poison restaurant

Two Palestinians have been arrested only days before they executed a plan to poison diners at the Ramat Gan restaurant in which they...

Philippine police seize bomb materials during terror hunt

Manila: Police have found hundreds of bomb parts during a search for a suspected Al Qaida-linked terrorist in Laguna, a...

Seven Police Hurt In Spanish Bomb Blast At Socialist Party Offices

A bomb has exploded outside an office of the ruling Socialist party in Spain, lightly wounding seven police officers.
P...

South Korea Raises Bird Flu Alert, Troops On Standby

South Korea on Wednesday issued a nationwide bird flu alert, deployed troops and put firefighters on standby to try to contain the s...

Stolen Military Equipment Being Sold Online

Stolen military equipment including parts from F-14 fighter jets is being traded through popular websites like eBay and Craigslist. ...

Islamist terrorists convicted over Casablanca bombs tunnel out of jail

Nine Moroccan extremists convicted for their roles in the Casablanca suicide bombings which killed 45 people in 2003 have escaped by tunnel...

Terror Alert In Kuwait: Americans Warned of Possible Al Qaida Strike

The State Department has issued a report that identified an Al Qaida threat in Kuwait, where 15,000 U.S. troops are stationed. The departme...

British Muslims Planned To Kill Thousands By Bringing Down 7 Planes With Liquid Bombs

A gang of British Muslims planned to blow up seven planes within hours in the biggest terrorist atrocity since 9/11, a court heard yesterda...

British Terror Suspects Videos Promised Body Parts Decorating The Streets

The gang of British Muslims who plotted to blow up transatlantic passenger flights made chilling suicide videos in which they promised to l...

Rising Leader for Next Phase of Al Qaeda’s War

On the night of July 10, 2005, an obscure militant preacher named Abu Yahya al-Libi escaped from an American prison in Afghanistan and rock...

Shin Bet Fears Terror Attack on Israeli Plane

The security measures on aircraft belonging to Israeli airlines and around them during takeoffs and arrivals abroad have been signif...

2 Arrested With Infrared Cameras at LAX

Two men attempting to board a plane to China with nearly a dozen sensitive infrared cameras in their luggage were arrested on Saturd...

London Terror Plot Foiled - Targeted London Eye and MI6 Headquarters

Police have foiled a plot to bomb the London Eye and MI6 headquarters, The Sun can reveal. Terrorists tested security by leaving tw...

North Korea Warns of Pre-emptive Nuclear Strike Against South Korea

An escalating war of words across the world's last Cold War, nuclear-armed border spiraled dramatically yesterday when North Korea t...

Robot that Detects Radiation

Australian scientists have developed a prototype remote-controlled robotic vehicle to detect radiation, the Minister for Defence Sci...

Ayman al-Zawahri calls on Muslims

Al-Qaida deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri is calling on Muslims to strike Israeli and American interests to avenge Israel's recent off...

Police make chip that can ID bioweapons quickly

The National Research Institute of Police Science has developed a new type of DNA chip that can identify which biological weapon has been s...

New 'Bin Laden tape' threatens EU

In a new audio message purportedly from Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader threatens the EU over the re-printing of cartoons offen...

Suspicious Containers Found Inside U-Haul Truck

Budapest, March 20 (MTI) - Ukrainian border police stopped a wagonload of radioactive materials near Hungary's border with Ukraine o...

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey has been taken back by the scope and variety of potential terrorism threats

Attorney General Michael Mukasey reporters Friday at an informal meeting in his office.
I'm surprised by how surprised ...

Heathrow Airport First To Fingerprint All Travelers

For the first time at any airport, the biometric checks will apply to all domestic passengers leaving the terminal, which will handle all B...

Suspicious liquids used in plane crash attempt: China

BEIJING: Passengers involved in what officials have called an attempt to crash a Chinese airliner last week were carr...

Yahoo removes 'The Pirate Bay' in attempt to fight piracy

Search engine Yahoo has removed links to the world's largest source of file-sharing tools, The Pirate Bay, from...

Major mafia boss finally captured

ONE of the world's most powerful mob bosses has been arrested after nearly two decades on the run.
Police arrested 57-y...

Newly Formed Terrorist Group Busted In Pakistan

Ten members of the newly formed Tehreek Islami Lashkar-e-Mohammadi were arrested Friday with weapons, explosives, chemicals and pois...

Two Nuclear Experts Kidnapped In Pakistan

Two Pakistani nuclear energy officials have been abducted by masked men from a troubled northwestern area near the Afghan border, police sa...

Spam on the Increase

Spam continues to increase, Symantec says
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Al-Qaeda improving ability to attack US: US intelligence

The US intelligence community warned Tuesday of the threat of terrorist attack against the United States as Al-Qaeda improves its ab...

Federal Labor To Lead On Cyber-Safety

Censorship of the internet
The new Australian Labour Government had ...

Nationwide crackdown on cyber bullying

Cyber crime targeting children will be monitored more closely from today under a Federal Government plan to combat digital bullying....

A New Generation of Home-grown Terrorists Spring Up In Australia

A new crop of home-grown jihadis, groomed to step up and replace the leaders of Australian terror cells who have been arrested or jailed, i...

Australian Government long-term plan to tackle homelessness

The Rudd Government will develop a comprehensive, long-term plan to tackle homelessness as a matter of national priority. ...

George Bush making friends in the Middle East

George Bush toured the Middle East, visiting seven countries in his effort to advance peace between Israelis and Pa...

Rudd rejects Keelty call on terror reporting

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he has absolute confidence in Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner Mick Keelty but does not s...

Skype Security Issue

Security researchers have found a serious security vulnerability that could result in PC hijack attacks against users of the wildly ...

Marriott Hotel, Pakistan - Several Killed, Injured After Huge Explosion

A huge explosion ripped through part of the heavily guarded Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital Saturday, damaging buildings in a w...

Terror threat in London highest its been since 9/11

Security chiefs in London are extremely concerned that Israel's actions in Palestine will provoke a furious response by Islamic extremists ...

War College Report Warns of Possible Civil Unrest - In Ariz. Police Are Prepared

A new report by the U.S. Army War College talks about the possibility of Pentagon resources and troops being used should the economi...